Tag Archives: Hunger

In any kind of health class, you should learn how to live a healthy lifestyle. But if you’re at risk of developing an eating disorder, what you hear in class could be a problem. Here are 10 things to know.

The monster Vanessa fights every day lives inside her brain. It tells her that she’s hungry — starving even — whether she just ate a snack or a three-course meal. She recently posted a selfie on Facebook with this caption: [Tweet “The Road to Success is Always under Construction”] “I don’t really give in to HIM,” […]

Part 2 of a series on hunger in Maine In America there is an assumption that with girth comes wealth and that people who are food insecure or malnourished are also automatically thin. Let’s remember that food insecurity means lacking reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. Malnutrition and hunger aren’t simply related […]

Did you know that, according to the US Department of agriculture, 31% of all our food (1,249 calories per person per day) ends up in a dumpster or down the disposal? Just think about the good that food could do for some folks. In this first of a two-part series, we take a look at […]

Imagine being invited to a banquet only instead of being escorted to a table draped in damask set with fine china, sterling silver and linen napkins, and adorned with an elegant centerpiece, your host points to the floor and says, “Please have a seat.” Appalling. For what is a banquet if not a sumptuous feast […]

Diane Atwood

For more than 20 years, Diane was the health reporter on WCSH 6. Before that, a radiation therapist at Maine Medical Center and after, Manager of Marketing/PR at Mercy Hospital. She now hosts and produces the Catching Health podcast and writes the award-winning blog Catching Health with Diane Atwood.